Can feeding and delivering mechanism.



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Patented Apr. 19, 1910.

Applibtflh lied arch I, 1.09. Serial In. 481,.

It all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I Join; W. Wiirra, a citinn of the United states, and a resident of KansaaCltQin the county of Wyandotte ansas have invented a new and Improved Can eedih and Delive Mechanism, of which the fifilowing is a fuli, and exact description. 1 is invention relates to, a mechanism adapted to feed cans to and receive cans from a can-lillin machine.

An object of t is invention is to provide insane for partially flllii the canson a statmnary member, means or filling the cans on a movable member, means for removing the cans from the stationary member and ac curately placing them onto the movable member so that they may be located in filling relation with the filling means connected to the movable member, and means for removing the cans from the movable member.

The invention consists, general] speaking, of a chute, can-filling mechanism connected to said chute, a rotatable table, canfceding means connected to said table, sliding carriages on said table adapted to re move cans from said chute and so place them on said table that they will be located in communicating relation with said feedin means connected to said table.

e invention further consists in the con struction and combination of parts, tobe" ntore fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which like reference characters denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which- IlftiFure 1 is a side elevation of the device, pa y in section; Fig. 2 is a plan view partly broken away; Fig. 3 is a vertical crow section on the line 3-4! of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of the carriage and ways, said carriage being part] tiitedup.

Re erring mere particularly to the separate parts of the device, 1 is a frame adapted to rotatahly su port-a table 2 of a caniillin machine. 1? frame 3 supports an incline feed chute 4 and an inclined deiivery chute 5, which are adapted respectively to feed cans to and receive cans from said table 2. These chutes may be of any suitable form and material, the chutes as shown being made of parallel slat oars 6, reinforced and held in sha by bands 7.

Connected to the f chute 4 is a pipe 8, which is connected to a jelly tank 9 supported on the floor 10. This pi has a valve 11 held closed by a spring 1 and operated b a rod 13 pivoted at 14. The operatiui 0 said rod will be more fully described hereinafter.

Connected to the lower cnd'of the delivery chute 5 is an endless conveyor 15 which is of any suitable form and material, and is adapted to receive the filled can from said delivery chu r and also ma be driven from the table 2 in any suitabi c manner. The sides of the delivery chute 5 extend over the table 2 in the form of curved guidin arms 16 and 17, and are ada ted to guide t e can from the table to the c ute.

The feed chute 4 has a bottom 18 which extends over the table 2, and also has a downwardly-extending can-retaini flange 19. The bottom 18 has a cam-edge and a cam-flange 21, the o ration of which is to be more fully descri d hereinafter.

The table 2 has at suitable intervals, ways 22, to which are slidingly pivoted carri 26 by means of guiding pins 23 in slots 24 in the flanges 25 depending from said carriages 26. The ways 22 are adjustable toward each other b means of screws 27, in order to convey The carriages 26 are in the form of a box, open at one end, and may be of an suitable size and material such as will readily hold a can therein. Extending from one of the sides of each carriage is a guide-way 28, through which slides an arm 20 having roll-- are 80 and 31 suitably supported on its inner and outer ends. The arm 29 is preferably made removable from the guide 28 for a purpipes to be described hereinafter, by having t 0 sur ace of suflicient size to rmit the roller 81 and its bearings to pass t irough. The inner roller is adapted to co-act with a springcani surface 82 suitably su ported on the frame 1 adjacent to the de ivery chute 5. This cam surface 82 is adapted to force the arm 29 outwardly, so that it will be in a position to 0 rate the valve rod 18. Also connected tot e frame 1 at this point is a spring cam 88 which co-actswith the back extensions of the flanges 25 on the carriage 20, and serves to force said carriage outwardly iflerent sized carriages.

ide 28 formed with the slot at its outer ICC to a position in which the tide-arm 17 will come in play. The front gee of the tta ss 25 co-act with the cam-edge 20 to force t e carriage back into place and the cam-surface 21 co-acts with the roller 31 to force the arm 29 back in place.

34 represents a can-stufling mhehine of any suitable form, one of which is provided for each of said carriages, and are supported on suitable guides located at either sale of each carriage, adapted to force meat or other material into the can.

The cam-surface 21 has, extending from it and conforming with the back edge of the bottom 18, a cam-lip 85. This cam-lip 35 does not extend as high as the cam surface 21, and permits the arm 29 to sweep over it. Thus the arm 21) is enabled to sweep the can along, while the cam-lip 35 forces said can upon the carriage 26. The cam-surface 21 together with its cam-ll 35, is adjustable in and out, for different-sized cans, by means of adjusting screws 86 and 37,, tttillltnitti in any suitable manner to the cam surface 21, and adapted to be screwed-in and out of supports 38 and 39 secured'in any suitable manner to the frame.

In the operation of the device, the empty cans are conveyed to the chute 4 by any suitable means, and they slide down until the foremost one comes in contact. with the re tainigg flange 19, which serves to hold the cans rom further travel in a direct line.

The table 2 is rotated by any suitable means, and serves to move one of the carriages so that the sliding arm thereon is brought into contact, by means of its inner roller 30, with the cam 32, which forces said arm outwardly into a position in which it is adapted by further movement of the table to en go the valve-o x-ratin rod 13, to

n t e valve 11 and allow jellfy to how into t ie waiting can. The table carries the arm 29 farther around, and it snaps by the end of the valve lever 13, allowing the valve to close and sweeps the can along the bottom 18 of the chute 4 until the cam surface .21 and its cam-lip 35 force the can onto the carria e and at the. same time the cam surface 21 orces the arm 2!) back into its original position. The cam edge 20 on the bottom 18 co-aets with the front edges of the tlangm .33 on the carriage J6 and forces said carriage back into its n-igiual position. The stutling machine M then operates in any suitable manner to till thecans with meat or any other suitable material. The continued rotation of the table brings the rearwardlvextending tlaugm 25 on the carriage it; into contact with the spring cam 33 and ftllt't"! said carriage outwardly into such it nu iiiml that. the guiding side 17 will scoop tlie tilled can otl' the carriage and ontotlrchute. whence it slidedown to the cou\'c \cr adapted to take cans from said feed chute and deliver them to said delivery chute.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a feed chute of a delivery chute, a moving table, a sliding carri on said table, said carri being adapted 0 take cans from said fog chute and deliver them to said delive chute, and a filling mechanism operated tiy said carri 8. In a device of the class desert the col. bination with a frame, of a feed chute a delivery chute, a table connected to said frame a carriage on said table, means on said frame adapted to force and carriage outward, and means connected to said feed chute adapted to force said carriage inward.

4. In a device of the clam described, the combination with a frame, of a table connected to said frame, a feed chute ada ed to feed cans to said table, a deliver 0 ate ada ted to receive cans fro n sai table, a siding carria on said table, means on said carriage ataptcd to move cans from said feed chute, and means on said frame adapted to extend said last-mentioned means.

5. In a device of the clan described, the combination with a frame, of a rotatable table connected to said frame alidi carri on said tabl a feed chute a apted to eed cans to sai carriages, a delivery chute adapted to receive cans from said'carri can-fillin means connected to said raid chute, an means on said carriages actuated by said frame adapted to co-act with said can-tillin means.

6. In a device 0 the class described, the combination with a frame, of a rotatable table, a-feed chute, a delivery chute, a sliding carriage on said table, a cam on said frame adapted to move said carriage, and a cam on said feed chute adapted to engage said carri 7. In gvice of the class described, the combination with a frame, of a rotatable table connected to said frame, a feed chute adapted to feed cans to said table, a cantiller connected to said feed chute, a. movie carriage on said table adapted to be moved outwardly by said frame, a sliding arm on 15.; said carriage adapted to be moved out and is carried away for further treatuu-ut. wardly by said frame, means on said dedhmiultaltattW cups: 9

livery chute adapted to remove cans from said means on said can-filler adapted to co-act with said sliding arm, means on and feed chute ada ted to move said carriage inwarilfv, an means on said feed chute adapt to move said sliding arm inwardly.

8. In a device of the class described, the combination with a frame, of a rotatable table connected to said frame, a feed chute for said table, .a tank a pipe connectin the tank to said feed chute, a valve in said pi a valve-operating rod connected to said va ve, carriages sliding in ways on said table, a cam on said frame adapted to force said carriages outwardly, a cam on said feed chute adapted to force, said carriages inwardly, sliding arms on said carriages adapted to co-act with said valve-operating rod, iimer and outer rollers on said arms, a cam on said frame adapted to engage said inner rollers and force said arms outwardly, a cam on said feed chute adapted to engage said outer roller and force said arm inwardl a deliver chute adapted to ieceive cans in said ta le,'and a guiding arm on said delivery chute adapted to remove cansfrom said carriage. 9. In a device of the class described, the combination witha frame, of a table connected to said frame, we on said table, a carriage adapted to sli e on said vays, guiding-pins on said ways, said carriage aving guiding slots therein pivctally engagin said pins.

10. n a device of the class described, the combinatim with a frame, of a table connected to said frame, ways on said table,

a carriage adapted to slide in said wayg an arm slidingly connected to said carriage, and cams on said frame adapted to co-act with said carriage and said frame.

11. In a device of the class described, the combination with a frame, of a table connected to said frame, adjustable w s on said table, a carriage adapted to ed e on said ways, and means on said frame adapted to co-act with said carri 12. In a-device ofthJSiiaa described, the combination with a frame, of a table rotatably su ported by said frame, ways on said tab 0, a carriage adapted to slide on said ways, iding ins on said ways, and depending s otted flanges on said carri ada ted to run between said ways and sli ing y ivoted to said iiding pins.

18. v n'a device of t e class described, lo combination with a stationary member, of means on said member adapted to partially fill a can a movable member, means adapted to transfer cans from said mationary mem bet to said movable member, and means connacted to said movable member adapted to complete the filling of said can.

14. In a device of the class described, the combination with a chute, of a rotatable table 'nxtaposed to said chute, means on said c ute adapted to partially fill a can means for transferring said can to said table, and means connected with said table adapted to complete the filling of said can. In testimony whereof I have signed my name to thisspecification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses JOHN W. WHITE. 

